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1The True Guru is the Giver of the life of the soul, but the unfortunate ones do not love Him.

2This opportunity shall not come into their hands again; in the end, they will suffer in torment and regret. ||7||

3If a good person seeks goodness for himself, he should bow low in humble surrender to the Guru.

4Nanak prays: please show kindness and compassion to me, O my Lord and Master, that I may apply the dust of the True Guru to my forehead. ||8||3||

5Kaanraa, Fourth Mehla:

6O mind, be attuned to His Love, and sing.

7The Fear of God makes me fearless and immaculate; I am dyed in the color of the Guru's Teachings. ||1||Pause||

8Those who are attuned to the Lord's Love remain balanced and detached forever; they live near the Lord, who comes into their house.

9If I am blessed with the dust of their feet, then I live. Granting His Grace, He Himself bestows it. ||1||

10Mortal beings are attached to greed and duality. Their minds are unripe and unfit, and will not accept the Dye of His Love.

11But their lives are transformed through the Word of the Guru's Teachings. Meeting with the Guru, the Primal Being, they are dyed in the color of His Love. ||2||

12There are ten organs of sense and action; the ten wander unrestrained. Under the influence of the three dispositions, they are not stable, even for an instant.

13Coming in contact with the True Guru, they are brought under control; then, salvation and liberation are attained. ||3||

14The One and Only Creator of the Universe is All-pervading everywhere. All shall once again merge into the One.

15His One Form has one, and many colors; He leads all according to His One Word. ||4||

16The Gurmukh realizes the One and Only Lord; He is revealed to the Gurmukh.

17The Gurmukh goes and meets the Lord in His Mansion deep within; the Unstruck Word of the Shabad vibrates there. ||5||

18God created all the beings and creatures of the universe; He blesses the Gurmukh with glory.

19Without meeting the Guru, no one obtains the Mansion of His Presence. They suffer the agony of coming and going in reincarnation. ||6||

20For countless lifetimes, I have been separated from my Beloved; in His Mercy, the Guru has united me with Him.

21Meeting the True Guru, I have found absolute peace, and my polluted intellect blossoms forth. ||7||

22O Lord, Har, Har, please grant Your Grace; O Life of the World, instill faith in the Naam within me.

23Nanak is the Guru, the Guru, the True Guru; I am immersed in the Sanctuary of the True Guru. ||8||4||

24Kaanraa, Fourth Mehla:

25O mind, walk on the Path of the Guru's Teachings.

26Just as the wild elephant is subdued by the prod, the mind is disciplined by the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

27The wandering mind wanders, roams and rambles in the ten directions; but the Guru holds it, and lovingly attunes it to the Lord.

28The True Guru implants the Word of the Shabad deep within the heart; the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, trickles into the mouth. ||1||

29The snakes are filled with poisonous venom; the Word of the Guru's Shabad is the antidote - place it in your mouth.

30Maya, the serpent, does not even approach one who is rid of the poison, and lovingly attuned to the Lord. ||2||

31The dog of greed is very powerful in the village of the body; the Guru strikes it and drives it out in an instant.

32Truth, contentment, righteousness and Dharma have settled there; in the village of the Lord, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||3||